![]() Meaning that if you were to wire all of the buttons into an adapter then you should daisy chain the red leads! Not black!įrom an electrical design standpoint, it’s still wrong! you should not have voltage running on a thick trace that would normally be a ground plane. So the Chinese were technically right about their wiring. It turns out after verifying the traces ourselves that actually 5vdc is going around the entire plane of the motherboard. We used to think that the Chinese inverted the wires on it as we thought that ground was what is going all around the board. Thanks to a kind reader for straightening this all out for us. Picture compliments of one of our readers Chris. Zero Delay Joystick Adapter from the backside. Prices on these boards can range from $12(USD) to $30(USD) depending on how complete of a kit you want to choose. Ideally, the vendor should be able to sell you the male PSX wiring harness to go along with it. Please keep in mind that because half of the eBay community does not even know what they are selling that you will have to look out if the board you are purchasing has the PSX Connector pictured above. If you type in “ Zero Delay Encoder PS2” into eBay you should get results for a handful of these controllers. What do you mean “Initially these boards came with a PS2 connector?” I want to hook one of these bad boys up to my PS1/PS2!Īlthough not as abundant or cheap as the Zero Delay Encoder used in this blog they are still available. Notice how the bottom of the board all of the traces are connected together? That’s ground. The big thing we wish to point out to you is the mind where the traces are. But there isn’t a whole lot going on here because China threw some electrical epoxy onto the chip. Thus, why the button layout will be similar to that of a PS2 controller with R1, L1, R2, L2, etc. Initially, these boards came with a PS2 connector. ![]() When you look at the board itself there isn’t really a whole lot going on. Although they are cheap feeling the major advantage of these buttons is they are very shallow allowing us to easily fit into project box cases like the ones we tend to use. The quality on such third-party knock-off controllers are overall lacking which is why I only bought a handful of switches for my project. But if you really love arcades and fighting games. Are knock-off buttons and sticks bad? Depends! If this is your first time building a fight stick and you’re not really sure on your investment. They may also come in under different names. Compare that to a Suzo/HAPP/Seimitsu kits and you could pay that much for the joystick alone! It should also be noted that due to the nature of these being china knock-offs of legit joystick controllers. But are in fact knock-off Sanwa buttons.Ĭomplete sets typically sell anywhere from $14(USD) to $28 USD. When you see these types of buttons appear on eBay/Alibaba, They’ll describe themselves as name brand buttons. Yes, we’re very much aware there are HAPP products that are knock-offs too). The wiring harness is only compatible with the buttons and joysticks that china provides (but that does not stop anyone with a soldering iron!) These buttons and joysticks are not quality by any stretch of the imagination! (we’re also including the knock-off HAPP products in this too. Picture above: A 2-pack of knock-off china buttons and joysticks. Usually, when you search for the zero delay controllers they will be paired up with a joystick set that you will normally see below. Notes on the 3rd party knock off Chinese joystick and buttons.
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